 Poster: A snowHead
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Patiently waiting for the tunnel to open for booking past 31/01/2023 presume they cannot decide what to charge with energy costs on the rise. Looking for solidarity and someone to rub their crystal ball on when they might open booking?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@James77, french energy costs have only risen by 4%.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Seems odd, they opened up the bookings for Christmas and New Year early and I booked my trip for 26/12 to 03/01 about 4 weeks ago. So by those dates, could be any day now
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Bookings are open now!!! Just done mine for Feb!
Last edited by You need to Login to know who's really who. on Sat 16-07-22 10:19; edited 1 time in total
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@kettonskimum, yep just booked 10th to 18th Feb. Not cheap on the flexiplus only option for return c1800 on the 18th.
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Ouch - I know inflation is running at 10%, but the prices show every indication of a new strategy of gouging as much as they can from customers while the airlines are suffering bad press. Half term crossing last year was £228 for an early departure on the Friday and an evening return the following Saturday, but this time around it is £305 even with a later return to avoid the (** checks sanity **) £387  one-way fare for peak times with a roof box...
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Blimey, my tickets were £200 return for Feb half term! But we break on Friday 17 Feb (I fear we clash with Paris week but it's GCSE year so what can you do!) and we ALWAYS cross on Thursday night to avoid chaos.
Is half term for the majority the week before then? Looked at the prices and they are well salty!
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Cambs half term pretty much always covers Valentine's day, and that seems to be pretty common across the country.
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Yes, we're in Rutland and that's always been the case every year for us but not next year!
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Yep just shy of £800 flexi plus return Friday to Saturday. We paid over £200 less last time.
No option of standard fare returning Saturday evening for those not into flexiplus.
They certainly are lining their pockets no idea on losses during covid times perhaps trying to get back in the black.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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With the airlines struggling with capacity and P&O in the dog house for their treatment of staff, they seem to have decided that it is milking time.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| James77 wrote: |
| Yep just shy of £800. |
Yikes, hope the sandwiches are silver service. Alternatively, considering half term weekends are chaos at ET and Border Control, maybe they are trying to restrict availability for flexiplus and reduce demand overall. But this far out you wouldn't expect demand driven pricing to hit those levels.
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Flexiplus for half term is much cheaper if you buy it as part of a package. I'm seeing around £450 return.
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You know it makes sense.
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I'm wondering if this has all been a huge mistake (only offering Flex and no standard prices).
Just looked again and prices have dropped massively!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| ousekjarr wrote: |
| With the airlines struggling with capacity and P&O in the dog house for their treatment of staff, they seem to have decided that it is milking time. |
Certainly seems to be so.
They 'temporarily suspended' the eminently affordable frequent traveler scheme during PeakApocalypse and now they say, "Eurotunnel is no longer selling any bundle of tickets under the Frequent Traveller Scheme. We have indefinitely suspended the sale of Frequent Traveller accounts."
And in one last 'up yours schmuck' they thanked me for my loyalty 
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Poster: A snowHead
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@kettonskimum, I thought that when I went back to check, but then realised that the site had remembered me, so when I searched again for my dates and it showed me a peak time crossing for £40, it was offering me the chance to change to that crossing for an extra £40, not showing me a new ticket. Logout and try again - then you can fall off your chair in shock once again
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I'm of the opinion it costs what it costs HT you can't expect good value we've done a few different HT trips and each way I cut it it costs c5k for the week I'm not going to get upset about it as I need to ski and with kids options are limited. Maybe we'll do Airbnb that may save cash but all options I've seen are basic or don't sleep 2 adults and 2 boys well and I'm not going to doss it's a holiday and I expect a level of comfort
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Hells Bells wrote: |
| @James77, french energy costs have only risen by 4%. |
That is for domestic I suspect for businesses prices are very different as they are in the UK
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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It seems just over £100 it the minimum for one way now, we booked 3rd week Jan 2023 - £107 out £116 back total £223. Just checked my previous two tunnels for the same week in Jan, 2018 was £165 and 2019 £180. Given the pandemic, energy prices and the general increased costs of travel across all platforms, I don't think that is an outrageous increase. For the 4 of us in a diesel, it is still very cost effective and convenient.
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@DaveD, Only way P&O will win back custom is on price, used them a few weeks back and it was shocking. Only used them as had crossing carried forward from 2020
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Just done a dummy booking to check our normal pre-Christmas prices (out on 10th Dec @ 06:20, back on 23rd Dec @ 16:20). The times we normally go for are all in the £110-115 bracket at the moment, but there are some crossings priced at £93 on both days.
Last years booking was £109 out and £108 back, and not booked till mid November. So things may be a few quid dearer, but nothing too alarming. Yet.
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| Boris wrote: |
| @DaveD, Only way P&O will win back custom is on price, used them a few weeks back and it was shocking. Only used them as had crossing carried forward from 2020 |
for an hour across the channel I dont really care ..I used Irish ferries in March
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Found out today that DFDS are no longer doing their multi tickets where you could buy up to ten for a fixed price and then use them whenever. Gutted.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I've just booked Eurotunnel for the week before Christmas and have been unusually cautious, going for semi-flex tickets so can cancel and refund if it all goes wrong: 271 quid return. So much more than previous years, quite shocked.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Just booked for HT but thur before ( Love a CPD day) and return on sunday
for £225
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Just booked for HT but thur before ( Love a CPD day) and return on sunday
for £225
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You know it makes sense.
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Booked ours for January this morning. £262, including £44 for dog. Used Tesco Clubcard vouchers for £135 of that.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Feb half term 2019 I paid £478 for Flexiplus.
Feb half term 2023 is quoted as £708, a 50% increase over 4 years. And that's 6 months' away, not 6 weeks when I booked 2019.
Add in the cost of fuel and Self drive is starting to look expensive...
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Poster: A snowHead
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I can't really judge properly, as I either bought Frequent traveller or bought our crossing with Tesco vouchers. Bookings in my account only go back to 2021, and some of them were campervan (and more expensive than our car). It also depended on how near departure was when I booked. I think pre-Covid the minimum long stay fare was about £89 as opposed to the current one of £110.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Last September we paid £364, but there were 2 dogs on the booking, and we only booked a short time before travel due to the Covid restrictions. I used refund vouchers, so the financial hit wasn't really felt.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Sorry for thread resurrection but can anyone tell me if taking the dog eliminates the advantage for Flexi Plus? i.e. presumably you have to go to the normal pet check-in at the terminal and then join the back of the queue for passports, you can't just whizz past...
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@jma, Yep
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@boredsurfin, much obliged, won't waste the wedge then
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@jma, Nope dogs first then join the queues, same both sides. Pet check in is before 'Frontiers' maybe a small advantage in getting to use the inside lane but if its busy pretty pointless because of the volume of traffic, if its quiet no point as everyone is going straight through...
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